3.6.2 Mouse Options

You can configure several aspects of how the mouse operates during a session:

  • The action to be performed by single and double clicks of the left and right mouse button.\

  • Whether or not to transmit after you double-click either mouse button.

  • Whether the cursor moves to the text selection when you select text or remains in its original position.

  • The default selection style.

Single and Double Clicks

Mouse single clicks can perform the following actions:

  • No action.

  • Position the cursor at the mouse pointer location.

  • Position the cursor at the mouse pointer location and place the letter Y there.

  • The Transmit keystroke.

  • Display a context menu (secondary mouse button only).

Mouse double clicks can perform the following actions:

  • No action.

  • Select a word.

  • Send the word under the mouse pointer to the emulator.

  • Send the word under the pointer to the emulator as a terminal keystroke (that is, enclosed in angle brackets).

  • Send the character under the mouse pointer to the emulator.

  • Run a CASL macro that has the same name as the word under the pointer.

If you specify an action for both the single and double click of the same button, double-clicking the mouse will perform both actions. For example, if you configure the left mouse single-click to position the cursor, and the left mouse double-click to select a word, then when you double-click, you will both position the cursor and select the word.

NOTE:If you configure the right mouse double-click, be sure to change the right mouse single-click from Context Menu to No Action. If the right mouse single-click remains Context Menu, the right mouse double-click also performs that action.

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